The Ski Country Amateur Radio Club (SCARC) is a non-profit
501(c)(3) Colorado Corporation, based
in Glenwood Springs, Colorado. The Club covers a
large portion of western Colorado, including
Garfield, Pitkin, and Eagle counties.
MARK THESE DATES . . .
WEEKLY EVENTS - Breakfast every Tuesday - 80 Meter Net every Thursday - 2 Meter Net every Sunday Click here for details.
JUNE 21-23 FIELD DAY See "Upcoming Events" for details.
JUNE 28-30 ARRL ROCKY MOUNTAIN DIVISION HAM CONVENTION Held in Estes Park, this neat convention occurs only once every 3 years in
Colorado. This is the weekend AFTER
Field Day! Consider attending and check out the
details at www.hamconcolorado.org
CHECK OUT OUR BLOG . . .
ABOUT OUR BLOG Pete (N0ECT) set up a blog for our Club at http://K0RV.Wordpress.com
This is a great place to view and to post pictures, photos, articles, videos, whatever! To post content please contact Pete Buckley at SkierInAvon@Yahoo.com
NEWS FROM OUR CLUB . . .
MS WALK Thanks to Trish (N6SUM), Charles (AC0UY), Richard (K4ULD), LeRoy (KB0RCI) and Gerry (N6HUQ - not pictured) for providing communications support to the MS Walk in Glenwood Canyon on May 18. Despite rain showers, the event went off without a hitch!
THANK YOU TO PAT & DIANTHA! Many thanks for hosting our annual Foxhunt Potluck Party at your lovely home. As usual, a great time was had by all!
MAY 11 - NEW TECHS Congratulations to Carmen, Bob, Brian and Bill for passing their tech test at the Foxhunt Party.
MARCH 9, 2013 MEETING Thanks to Richard (K4ULD/G4ULD) for his program at the
March meeting. Pete (N0ECT) and Frank (N0AFO) did a great presentation on
"free"phone communication. Thanks to Larry (K0CL) and Steve
(K0GUZ) fortheir behind the scenes work securing a new contract with
one of our
tenants up at Sunlight. That rent helps the club
finances.
MARCH MEETING
THANK YOU
Thanks to all who worked on the Owl
Creek Chase in Aspen. Sue, N0DBY, was net
control. Many thanks to the
following for volunteering their time and equipment.
Steve (W0SRG), Clark (K3NI), Bill (N0MID), Debbie (KD0IRH), Rob (K0ALN), Charles (AC0UY), LeRoy (KB0RCI), Phil (N6VOD) and Bob (K9MWM).
CONGRATULATIONS & WELCOME NEW MEMBERS Welcome to our new members, Ken Rahn (KB0HP) from Rifle, Tim Stull (KD0TKM) from McCoy and Pierre (AL70C) from Alaksa. We have two new Techs - Steve Legro (KD0UCU) & Dane Hilgenfeld (KD0UCV).
HUGE THANK YOU TO . . . Bob (K9MWM) and Sue (N0DBY) Ludtke for hosting the Club's annual Holiday Party at their house yet again. This event is one of our best-attended and most fun of the entire year!
2013 TENTATIVE SCHEDULE . . . WANT TO DO A PROGRAM OR LEAD A FIELD TRIP? Click here to see the tentative Club schedule for 2013. Many thanks to Pat Fitzgerald (KV0K) for organizing and setting up the schedule. If you'd like to present a program at a Club meeting (or other time) or lead a field trip, please contact him at 970-945-5552 or pat@glenwoodbrokers.com.
CONGRATULATIONS, LIAM! Latest news on Liam Kelly (KD0HDF) from Liam is that he has received an ARRL
Scholarship. It is the Bill (W2ONV) and Ann Salerno Memorial
Scholarship. That is in addition to becoming an Eagle Scout
earlier this year! Congrats Liam. Well done!
NEW ITEMS FOR SALE Click here to see what Club members are selling . . . new posted October 31.
GOT MANUALS? We like to
keep Technician, General or Extra Class license manuals in circulation.
Bob
(k9mwm) constantly gets requests for them and it is nice to hand
one out
rather than have someone wait or procrastinate in ordering one. Please
donate
recent manuals to Bob (k9mwm).